Benjamin Britten’s Aldeburgh

I have just spent the most wonderful few days in Aldeburgh with a dear friend and kind, generous hosts. It’s an annual retreat and point of reunion for Heather and myself, a former nurse from Cambridge who now lives in London, and plans to uproot to Somerset. We...

Norfolk head apponts two head girls – and no head boy!

As a nation we struggle with women in high office. The Church of England is currently in turmoil over the ordination of women bishops, an issue I first highlighted two years ago, the European Commission is considering introducing quotas to tackle gender imbalances on...
Does Brucie’s Fountain of Youth work for you?

Does Brucie’s Fountain of Youth work for you?

My husband’s birthday is coming up soon and I did consider buying him The Fountain of Youth which Brucie swears by for keeping him fit and agile; it was given to him by his mother-in-law 27 years ago when he married the stunning Wilnelia who is 32 years...